Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I have had the privilege of leading workshops at the **NYSAHPERD Conference**, where I guided PE teachers in implementing bowling units effectively. These experiences have reinforced how adaptable, inclusive, and engaging bowling can be in any PE program. Its a sport of precision, mental focus, and strategy.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Cara has served and supported SHAPE America and SHAPE Maryland through service, training, Twitter chats (@CaraGrant11), coaching, mentoring, as a contributing author, and as a member of the SHAPE America EDI Podcast team. Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. She has an Ed.D.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA).

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. HPE teachers already have it figured out! Predictability regulates emotions and behavior.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. In this way, there is shared responsibility in addressing inequities and other systemic barriers.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. It doesn’t help that evaluation process across subjects prefer clear quantitative data to compare teacher performances. Or is it not? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework while teaching lacrosse in PE will allow you to provide multiple options within the learning environment, thus creating equity and accessibility for ALL students. What’s New in the USA Lacrosse PE Curriculum. Teachers should always remember that “equity” does not mean “equality.”

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SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s). In addition, the teacher education program is reviewed as a whole, not by content area.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. It came with a top-notch Bluetooth speaker, subscription to the service, and the Billie Jean King Eye Coach (think batting tee for tennis).

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! When it comes to introducing young players to the game of hockey, safety and performance are top priorities for teachers and coaches. Finding the right equipment can make all the difference.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before you head off for your summer holidays, I thought I’d leave you with a demonstration of character by an All-Star professional basketball player and coach. But he’s only demonstrating the same ethics and motivations that drive most of our scholastic PE teachers and coaches.

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Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As a basketball fanatic and coach, I challenge all sports fans and caring community members to take a quick break from March Madness to advocate for one often overlooked part of our education system that is critical to the development of the student athletes who are wowing us during this year’s tournament: physical education.

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

How Boardball Bumps Up The Fun, Fitness, and Teamwork in PE Classes BOARDBALL Boardball replaces the volleyball net with a portable board, reducing the barriers to play and setup while keeping the core bump-set-spike fundamentals of the game intact. Testimonials From our Educators, Coaches, and Olympians! And so much more!

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The Everlearner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This post is written for PE teachers or those teaching or coaching young people in an educational setting.

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

PE Scholar provides a wide range of professional development for teachers,coaches and education professionals working in physical education, sport

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SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

The coach made every effort to make me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome — making a huge deal about ensuring I was part of the “shirts” team and not the “skins” team … and insisting that he didn’t have a key to let me into the girls locker room after practice. I asked a teacher to help me write a letter to the Board of Education.

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Reinventing the Game

MARCH 13, 2021

I can sort of make out who the coach, the physical trainer, the assistants, etc. Picking out any one activity, I try to consider if I will use it for my own students during Physical Education (PE) and the conclusion was probably not exactly but modified to meet an objective that probably wasn’t the original intention of the football team’s.

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SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

I was charged with combining the men’s and women’s departments, supervising the planning and construction of a building, overseeing the revision of the curriculum for physical education (PE) majors and the required PE program, developing research and instructional laboratories, and instituting faculty research programs.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

Our coach would run drills and teach us the rules, and we would play friendly games among ourselves. I started coaching girls athletics in the late 1980s. Megaera Regan Megaera Regan is a retired elementary physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District on Long Island. More Battles.

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. came after a discussion with a fellow teacher in the all-consuming discussion of what PE is and what it should look like. Or is it vice versa?

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Aspire-Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Get ready for your school’s Ofsted PE deep dive with Greg Dryer. Greg is a national PE consultant and founding director of the Centre for PE, Sport and Activity at Kingston University. He’s also a qualified teacher, former senior tutor at Youth Sport Trust, and business owner. What to do during a PE deep dive.

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Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The big assumption I made here (not the best assumption for a holistic picture of PE but adequate for what I want to share here) is that skill acquisition is a big part of our job as PE teachers and it is necessary for us to think about it in order to do better. It is a challenge to see this in perspective.

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The PE Geek

APRIL 9, 2023

Physical Education (PE) classes are designed to help students develop their physical skills and abilities. While traditional PE classes have focused on drills and practice sessions to improve these skills, the use of video feedback is becoming increasingly popular in PE classrooms. According to a study by Graham et al.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 27, 2024

When it comes to preventing drug overdoses, being prepared means equipping middle and high school students, teachers, coaches, and community members with the knowledge to identify signs of a drug overdose and the skills and tools needed to respond quickly and effectively.

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The PE Geek

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fitness testing has always sparked passionate discussions in PE and sport science. With hundreds of thousands of downloads in this category, its clear that educators, trainers, and coaches are seeking tools to support their work. At ConnectedPE , weve seen firsthand the demand for accessible and reliable fitness testing solutions.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

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Physical Education Update

JULY 17, 2022

This video provides a great reminder for PE teachers and coaches. ” Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To check out the PE Update.com website, click here. tags]physical education,athletic facilities to children,sports coaching> [/tags]. Physical Education Update.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 24, 2023

One of my track coaching friends encountered this situation several years ago. So the coach concocted a surprise to acknowledge and compensate them for their sacrifice. The girls were ushered into the darkened room and the coach turned on music, focused a flashlight on the disco ball and voila – prom night!

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Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Three coaches, three varsity teams, all successfully sharing the same facility. Sometimes PE teachers have so much information thrown at them that keeping up becomes a chore. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To subscribe to the free PE Tips of the Week Newsletter, Click Here! Way to go, Lockerby!

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Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 8, 2022

It was about Jim Morris, a former minor league pitcher who had retired due to a series of arm injuries to become a high school science teacher and coach in small-town Texas. I imagine it was significantly better than his salary as a high school teacher. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. It was 1999-2000).

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Gopher Sport

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Specifically, I aspired to become a physical education teacher and coach. Here’s what I discovered was available to me in Newfoundland and Labrador, accessible to teachers across Canada as well. As a Jays Care Affiliate School , teachers have access to free virtual training.

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SHAPE America

MAY 29, 2024

It’s perfect for end-of-year or over-the-summer lessons taught by teachers, coaches, youth program leaders and others. The only teaching prerequisite is to familiarize yourself with the content and materials — no prior knowledge of water safety or swimming ability is required.

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The PE Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Cricket in Primary Schools As summer fast approaches (hopefully bringing the sunny weather with it), so do the ‘summer sports’ in PE. However, primary school teachers often see cricket as the most daunting of all these summer sports. This isn’t the case and shouldn’t be so in your PE lessons.

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The Everlearner

JULY 6, 2022

The biggest influences in my PE teaching career are the risks that I have taken. I have worked in six PE departments over 20 years, working alongside in the region of 100 PE teachers in total across that time period, as well as working indirectly with thousands of PE teachers now.

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Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And for you PE teachers and basketball coaches who have to listen to trash talk from your students about your declining hoops skills – well, send them this video! Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here! When you come back next Fall, we should have it finalized.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 2, 2023

It has long been argued that teaching and coaching must be based on sound, rigorous research and systematic evidence of what works, how and why it works, where it works and for whom it works (Slavin, 2002). A teacher or coach must ensure the learner is engaged in the learning process (Mosston, 1966). Curran et al.,

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MSU

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I am a 6-12th PE and Health teacher for the last three years at Baraga Area Schools. I enjoy working out, coaching basketball (junior high and Michigan Tech University) and playing golf in my spare time. This course linked the real world problems/societal norms with coaching.

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